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Boundaryless D4 Source Current Is Closed

Physical scope

Distributional closure of the oriented degree-five current for a smooth boundaryless D4 worldvolume, using compactly supported test forms; a worldvolume boundary adds its boundary current.

Statement

Let X10 be oriented and ι:W5↪X a smooth proper oriented embedding. Define the degree-five current by ⟨δ5(W),η5⟩:=∫Wι∗η5 for every compactly supported smooth five-form η5; in the boundaryless Nil case this is the current of D4 Distributional Source Current. For a degree-k current T, define its exterior derivative by ⟨dT,β9−k⟩:=(−1)k+1⟨T,dβ9−k⟩. If ∂W=∅, then dδ5(W)=0. If ∂W≠∅, assume ACω, the countable-choice principle that every sequence of nonempty sets has a choice function, and orient ∂W by the outward-normal-first convention; define δ6(∂W) by ⟨δ6(∂W),β4⟩:=∫∂W(ι∣∂W)∗β4 for compactly supported smooth four-forms β4. Then dδ5(W)=δ6(∂W). The boundary statement is conditional on this displayed countable-choice premise.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The smooth proper oriented embedding, the current pairings and derivative convention in the Statement, and compactly supported test forms.

[F1]

D4 Distributional Source Current: in the boundaryless Nil case, ⟨δ5(W),η5⟩=∫Wι∗η5; the boundary-current extension used here is defined explicitly in the Statement.

[F2]

Finite chart localization gives choice-free integration and compact Stokes: on an oriented boundaryless manifold, the integral of a compactly supported exact top form is zero.

[F3]

The general Stokes theorem: under ACω, for a smooth manifold with boundary and a compactly supported form of degree one below its dimension, ∫Wdη=∫∂Wj∗η with outward-normal-first orientation.

[F4]

The exterior derivative commutes with pullback: for every smooth map ι and smooth form β, d(ι∗β)=ι∗(dβ).

Proof

1.1givenF4algebra

Let β4 be an arbitrary compactly supported smooth test four-form on X. Since ι is proper, ι∗β4 is compactly supported on W. By the current pairing and derivative convention in the Statement and [F4], ⟨dδ5(W),β4⟩=(−1)6∫Wι∗(dβ4)=∫Wd(ι∗β4).

2.1givenF2step 1.1

If ∂W=∅, [F2] makes the last integral zero, so every test pairing of dδ5(W) vanishes. Thus dδ5(W)=0 distributionally in the boundaryless case.

3.1givenF3step 1.1∎

If ∂W≠∅, [F3] gives ⟨dδ5(W),β4⟩=∫∂W(ι∣∂W)∗β4=⟨δ6(∂W),β4⟩. The equality for every test form is exactly dδ5(W)=δ6(∂W), under [F3]'s stated ACω premise.

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